Comments on: The independent leagues are tough, brotherhttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/05/26/the-independent-leagues-are-tough-brother/
Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Wed, 04 Mar 2015 01:04:34 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Independent Baseballhttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/05/26/the-independent-leagues-are-tough-brother/comment-page-1/#comment-51874
Thu, 27 May 2010 21:27:59 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=6276#comment-51874The sad thing is that such a story is not even the “toughest” scenario many independent baseball team members have faced since 1993 (the first year of the Northern League and Frontier League). There are some wild stories, including those found in the book “Leagues of Their Own”. Stories about players not getting paid, coming home and having their gear locked out because the team didn’t pay stadium rent, etc. all pervade the indy leagues’ histories.
Hopefully the team will find a solution and find a way to reduce the financial damages without impacting the quality of play.
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Wed, 26 May 2010 12:08:06 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=6276#comment-51873Also, for the record, Flint–tough as it is–is in Genessee County.
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Wed, 26 May 2010 11:53:50 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=6276#comment-51872That’s going to be a problem, considering that this season the fledgling Oakland County team is going to be playing the majority of their season on the road. Not a good way to start.
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Wed, 26 May 2010 10:11:29 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=6276#comment-51871Or, perhaps they messed up his paycheck. Of course, none of the cities and towns that host indy-league baseball would do anything bush-league like that, right?
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Wed, 26 May 2010 09:55:21 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=6276#comment-51870What an ignorant A$$hole.. Stereotype much
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Wed, 26 May 2010 09:54:55 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=6276#comment-51869And I should totally know better, because I used to live in the 313. Which now is the 810, but Flint is pretty damn tough all the same.
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Wed, 26 May 2010 09:52:17 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=6276#comment-51868There you go again Craig, mixing up your 209s with 248s.
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Wed, 26 May 2010 09:18:20 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=6276#comment-51867Classic!
And I’d say it has more to do with the latter than the former, but probably a little bit of both.
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Wed, 26 May 2010 09:16:31 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=6276#comment-51866Oakland County, Michigan…not California.
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